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E. A. TRENERRY.

SAFETY HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FlLED APR.24. law.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

mvrana To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it. known thatI, ELIZABETH"ANN TRENERRY, acitizen of Australia, residin of Victoria,

at Melbourne, in the county of'Bourke, State Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Hooks and Eyes; and I-do hereby declare thefollowing to beafull, clean-and exact description of the invention, such as will e'nable others skilled infithe art to which it appertainstomake and use the same. I This invention is an improvement in" feetoners and has particular reference to a hook andeye. T

An objectof the invention is to provide an improved hook andeye which may be attached to the clothing without the necessity of sewing the same and without in- .jury to the clothing.

Another. object is to provide an improved means for retaining the hook in its attached position in the cloth'so that accidental loss of the book will be prevented.

A further object is to provide a fastener of this character which is simple in construction, easy to manufacture and effective in carrying out thepurpose for which it is designed. l I l The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, some of which, for the purpose of illustrating the invention, are shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a top plan View of the hook and eye showing the same in locking position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hook.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the eye.

Fig. 4: is a similar view of the looking or retaining device for the hook.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the hook showing another form of retaining device attached thereto.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the retaining or locking device shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, it will Specification of Letters Patent.

, ELIZABETH ANN QT E ERRY, or MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

sarnrv' HOOK Ann EYE.

PatentedDec.2,1919.

Application iiled April 24, 1918. Serial No. 230,575.

hook, and is then bent at 9 and carried outward and forward beyond the throat to form the longitudinally extending parallel pins '10. The free ends 11 of the pins lOare curved slightly and sharpened so that the pins may be easily made to penetrate the cloth in which the hook is secured, it being understood that, when the hook is secured in the cloth, the pins are made to penetrate the cloth from one side and then from the other. l

The eye member which is associated with the hook 1s also formed'from a single length of wire one end l2 of which is sharpened to provide a pin the inner end of which is bent to provide an eye or loop 13- adapted for engagement with the bill 6 and from said eye the material is extended, as indicated at 1 1 and then bent upon itself to provide the sharpened pin 15 which is disposed between the extended portion 14 and the pin or end 12 and which projects inthe opposite direction from the latter. By the use of the pins 12 and 15, the eye may be embedded in the cloth with its loop or eye 13 disposed upon one side and the pins and extension 14-011 the other side thereof and in this manner it will be apparent that the loop 13 may be engaged by the hill 6 to connect the hook and eye together in operative relation.

In order to prevent accidental detachment and consequent loss of the hook from the cloth, the same has associated therewith a, looking or retaining device which is applied thereto when the hook is secured in position and this retaining or locking device, as shown in Figs. 1 and 41, inclusive, is preferably formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a loop 16 from which extend the parallel shanks 17 disposed in contacting relation. The'outer end of each shank is bent aside to provide the laterally extending pin receiving clip 18. In securing the hook in position, the loop 16 is first engaged with the hill 6 and the free ends of the pins 10 are then compressed or brought together so as to cause the same to pass between the spaced extremities of the clips 18, after which said free ends of the pins are released and owing to the resiliency of the wire the same will return toward their normal positions into engagement with the bight portions of said clips whereby the hook member will be locked in position and prevented from accidental detachment from the cloth.

The retaining or locking device shown in Figs. 5 and 6,is preferably stamped from a small piece of sheet metal to provide a body portion 19 one longitudinal edge of which is provided with a notch 20 shaped to form a loop which engages the bight portion 8 of the hook in a similar manner to the loop 16. The side edges of the body 19 are ta- 'pered and then bent upon themselves to provide the clips 21 which, similar to the clips r 18, are adapted to receive the pins 10 of the hook member after the same has been compressed and then engaged between said clips 21and then released so as to contact said clips and be retained thereby.

iVhat is claimed is a V .1. A fastener of the class described comprisinga hook member formed from a single length of wire bent upon itself to provide a bill, a throat, a shank beneath the bill, and longitudinally extending pins projecting beyond the throat and adapted to penetrate a piece of cloth, and an eye member formed from a single length of wire and bent upon itself to provide a loop engaging said bill and further bent at its extremities to provide longitudinally extending pins forpenetrating the cloth. 1

2. A fastener of the class described comprising a hook member formed from a single length of wire bent upon itself to provide a bill, a shank and longitudinally extending pins projecting beyond the throat of said bill and adapted to penetrate a piece of cloth, an eye member formed from a single length of wire and bent upon itself to pro- Vide a loop engaglng said bill and further bent at its extremities to provide longitudinally extending pins for penetrating the cloth, and a retaining device for one of said members including oppositely disposed clips for receiving the pins of the member whereby to prevent detachment ofthe same fromthe cloth; i

3. A fastener of the class described comprising a hook member formed from a single length of wire-bent upon itself to provide a bill and longitudinally extendingpins projecting beyondthe throat of sald bill and adapted to penetrate a piece of cloth, an eye member formed from a single length of wire and-bent upon itself to provide aloop engaging said bill and further bent at its extremities to provide longitudinally -ex-.

tending pins for penetrating the cloth, and

a retaining device formed. from a single length of-wire bent intermediate its ends to q provide a loop for engaging the bill of said hook and alsobent at its ends to provide oppositely disposed clips for 'receiving -the' pins ofthe hook wherebyithelatter: will-be retained in its position-in thecloth.

4. A. fastener ofthe class described comprising a hook @member including pins adapted topenetrate a P16681015 cloth, an eye; member associated with said hook, and a retaining device for the hook having a pore tion thereof adapted for engagement with the bill of the hook and also having clips for receiving the pins ofthe hook. :1

5. In a fastener of the "class penetrate a piece of cloth, anda retaining device formed from ajsingle piece of mate-z described, hook member including pins adaptedfto 

